St Just Cornwall, United Kingdom
Official website: Jackson Foundation
Jackson Foundation is a private gallery initiative developed by artist Kurt Jackson, located in St Just, Cornwall. It was the venue for a retrospective exhibition by Denzil Forrester, From Trench Town to Porthtowan. The exhibition took place May 26 - June 23 2018. Gallery publicity as follows:
“From Trench Town to Porthtowan captures scenes from artist Denzil Forrester’s life in Grenada, London and Cornwall. This large new exhibition at the Jackson Foundation is curated by Peter Doig and Matthew Higgs and is the first by an Invited Artist.
Forrester’s recent paintings focus on moments in his life in both Grenada and the UK. These include learning to read with his guardian Ma Pets in Hermitage [Grenada], and making bags in the 1970’s with his mother and siblings in Stoke Newington, London. These sit alongside earlier works from the 1980s, paintings made in direct response to the burgeoning dub reggae scene in London’s Afro-Caribbean communities.
“Denzil Forrester is one of the most important painters to come out of London in the early 80s and his work remains as vital and relevant today as it was then.” - Peter Doig, 2018
Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2018
Preview relating to an exhibition, 2018
Postcard relating to an exhibition, 2018
Solo show at Jackson Foundation. 2018
Born, 1962 in Edinburgh
Born, 1956 in Grenada
Born, 1964 in West Yorkshire